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Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

Title: Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

The Transport Workers Union of America, founded in 1934 and led until 1966 by charismatic Irish-American radical Mike Quill, initially organized subway workers and bus drivers in the New York City area. Eventually the union chartered locals in cities and towns across the country, and it branched out to include taxi drivers, railway employees, airline workers and utility workers among its members. This collection is comprised of administrative records of the Transport Workers Union of America. The Michael J. (Mike) Quill files document the trade-union and political activity of Quill, who served as TWU president from 1935 to 1966. The collection also contains records of Quill's three successful campaigns for the New York City Council (on the American Labor Party ticket and as an independent) and his work as a councilman. Other series contain files of Quill's successor, Matthew Guinan, other TWU officers and staff, TWU divisions, and national conventions. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches, bargaining files, arbitration and mediation decisions, publicity materials and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 153 Linear Feet (153 boxes), 5 VHS cassettes, 10 8mm open reel films, 3 16mm open reel films, 1 35mm open reel film, 12 videodiscs (dvd), 5 archived websites.

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Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

Title: Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

The Transport Workers Union of America, founded in 1934 and led until 1966 by charismatic Irish-American radical Mike Quill, initially organized subway workers and bus drivers in the New York City area. Eventually the union chartered locals in cities and towns across the country, and it branched out to include taxi drivers, railway employees, airline workers and utility workers among its members. This collection is comprised of administrative records of the Transport Workers Union of America. The Michael J. (Mike) Quill files document the trade-union and political activity of Quill, who served as TWU president from 1935 to 1966. The collection also contains records of Quill's three successful campaigns for the New York City Council (on the American Labor Party ticket and as an independent) and his work as a councilman. Other series contain files of Quill's successor, Matthew Guinan, other TWU officers and staff, TWU divisions, and national conventions. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches, bargaining files, arbitration and mediation decisions, publicity materials and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 153 Linear Feet (153 boxes), 5 VHS cassettes, 10 8mm open reel films, 3 16mm open reel films, 1 35mm open reel film, 12 videodiscs (dvd), 5 archived websites.

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Transport Workers Union of America. Photographic prints, 1913-1986. 1937-1986 (bulk).

Title: Photographic prints, 1913-1986. 1937-1986 (bulk).

This large collection of photoprints documents many aspects of the history of the TWU through Mike Quill's involvement with that history. Besides Quill family portraits and snapshots and one professionally documented trip to Quill's homeland (1963), the collection is strong on photoprints of the early TWU and CIO leadership and conventions. Included are shots of the TWU conventions (1939, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1955, and 1961) and CIO conventions (1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, and 1957). One highlight is a group portrait of the CIO leadership in 1940 - Joseph Curran, Quill, Philip Murray and John L. Lewis. Quill's effective use of the media is also evidenced by the many shots at press conferences and on TV programs. One image, for example, shows Quill with TWU picketers at a TV station during the 1953 bus strike. There are some shots of Quill speaking, both while organizing and serving as a city councilman. The anti-communist response is documented in a 1948 rally. Other highlights: the Unity Slate Victory party (1950), Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Gandhi Society Luncheon (1963), and Quill's last press conference and his memorial service.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear feet.

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